• December Featured Link, courtesy of The American Museum of Natural History:

The American Museum of Natural History has a fun website called ‘Ology’. On the website you can explore your favorite ‘ology’ (or study), such as marine biology or biodiversity. The website offers educational information, games, quizzes and even instructions for downloading your own stationery or making your own coral reef diorama from household items. You can collect over 200 ology cards, create your own homepage or ask museum scientists questions about a range of topics. There is also a link for educators offering an After-School Educator’s Guide to Ology. Discover AMNH’s Ology website for yourself!

• November Featured Link, courtesy of The Living Oceans Foundation and SeaCAMEL:

Project SeaCAMEL (Classroom Aquarius Marine Education Live) will broadcast six coral reef classroom modules live via satellite and internet from November 12-14, 2007 from Atlantis, the NOAA Aquarius underwater laboratory in Key Largo, Florida. You can learn more about coral reefs, artificial reefs and oceanography, as well as take a virtual tour of Atlantis! For more information, please visit the SeaCAMEL website.

• October Featured Link, courtesy of the American Geological Institute:

Celebrate Earth Science Week from 14-20 October 2007! Visit the Earth Science Week website to find educational materials for students, including information on scholarships and fellowships, as well as classroom activities for teachers. An Earth Science Week Tool Kit containing various posters, calendars and CD-ROMs from organizations such as NASA, NOAA and the USGS can be ordered online. Kids and adults can discover local events and research projects to participate in too!

• September Featured Link, courtesy of Census of Marine Life’s Gulf of Maine Area Program (GOMA):

The Gulf of Maine Area (GOMA) Census program has created a series of Google Earth lesson plans intended to introduce educators and students to Google Earth and on-line resources for visualizing and understanding ocean characteristics, including species distribution, wave heights and sea surface temperature. The ‘Changing Ocean’ unit of lesson plans is broken into 3 categories: (1) Daily change; (2) Seasonal change; and (3) Long-term change. Please visit their Lesson Plans Introduction webpage to learn more.

• August Featured Link: Try out our latest content on this website:

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• July Featured link, courtesy of EuroCoML (Euro Regional Committee)

Our friends at the European Census of Marine Life Regional Committee have an excellent website, including a great collection of materials for both students and teachers. Take a look at their education and outreach section with a collection of lesson plans, organized by age group from experts at NOAA, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and others. And if you have some time, give their jigsaw puzzle from the Kids section a try.

• May Featured link, courtesy of TOPP (Tagging of Pacific Predators)

The Great Turtle Race – TOPP has teamed up with Yahoo! and others to follow tagged Leatherback Sea Turtles over a 14 day period in April. The action began on Monday, April 16. This link contains resources for teachers and students about Leatherback Sea turtles, as well as interactive activities.

To view previous Education Links of the Month, please visit:

• 2009 Education Links of the Month
• 2008 Education Links of the Month
• 2007 Education Links of the Month

If you are affiliated with any of our research projects and would like to send us links to educational materials, please contact Melissa Brodeur at mbrodeur [at] OceanLeadership [dot] org.
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